Shakkar para – A sweet, indulgent dish of Punjab

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Shakkar para serves as a great snack when you crave something sweet. It is light and not too sweet. Shakkar para are made from semolina & flour and can be easily made at home. It can be stored for 2-3 weeks.

Ingredients

• Refined flour 1 cup
• Semolina ¼ cup
• Clarified butter (desi ghee) 3 tbsp
• Granulated sugar 2/3 cup
• Powdered sugar 1 tbsp
• Cooking oil for frying
• Water

Method

• Semolina, powdered sugar and clarified butter is added to the flour and mixed. Add some water and knead it to form a firm dough. Cover the dough with a wet cloth and keep it aside for ten minutes.
• Knead the dough once more and make small balls of the dough. Roll the balls into circles of uniform thickness. Pierce it with a fork so that the dough doesn’t puff up when frying.
• Now cut the circle into diamond or square shapes of ½ inch thickness using a cutter. Separate carefully.
• Heat the cooking oil in a pan or kadai. Add the cut squares to the pan and fry on low heat till its golden in color. Let it cool.
• In another pan, add sugar to ½ cup of water. When it comes to a boil, lower the flame and let it simmer till a thick syrup is formed.
• Quickly add all the fried pare to the syrup and mix gently. When the pare are coated with sugar syrup, let them cool by spreading them on a large plate.
• When they have cooled completely, store them in an airtight container.